Topic: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

So Blizzards next big game is in beta right now and will be a free 2 play game.  In case you haven't heard of it, its called Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.  It is a digital CCG developed by Blizzard and for now is PC only but an iPhone, and Droid version will be coming as well so you can play it on your phone and tablet.

If you are interested in it you can check out

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/

and even sign up for the beta there.

Anyway not sure how many of us have keys or even if this kind of thing will fly over here but I figure I give it a shot and see if we can get a conversation going and maybe even swap strategies and deck builds. 

Right now I have to say it's been years since I have played a CCG last time I played was in the early days of Magic the Gathering in the mid 90's so I am very rusty, but so far this game has been really good in the learning department for those who have never played a CCG or like me its been awhile.

I have been playing it a bit off and on the last few days and games dont take too long maybe 30 minutes at the max which is nice.  Though I have to say I can only maybe play a couple of hands till I have to go do something else cause my game starts to suffer lol but so far its alot of fun.

Currently I am still in the process of figuring out which deck I like and I will be honest I have only unlocked Warrior and Mage so out of those two I am liking Mage a bit more.

Anyone else into Hearthstone and what decks have you been using/creating feel free to discuss it here or just anything about the game. 

Have been playing for a month and finaly built a semi decent Hunter deck, its still missing some high power cards, that's why I'm currently saving some arcane dust for King Crush.
Haven't played a TCG since 2004 when Yu-Gioh was still a thing xD
If you want to play some day you can always add me if you want to play some time, my nick is "EpicZX" but I gotta warn you I'm pretty bad at this game xD

@Epic:  No worries I am pretty bad myself.  Now that I have a few days off from work I might see if I can sneak in a few games in the next few days.  Currently I am trying to get every class to level 10.

@Tasuki So I'm not the only one that sucks, xD
I'm currently only focusing on Mage, Hunter and Priest before building decks for the other classes. Only made kinda lame decks for the others, just so I could get the extra gold from quests but plan to improve them overtime.

Yeah I have an ok mage deck going, I refuse to play priest right now cause priest is so OP I am sure that Blizz will nerf them before the beta is over and the game goes live, and I dont want to learn to play one way just to have Blizz completely rewrite the playstyle due to balancing issues.

@Tasuki Each class is OP in their own way xD
I hate when shaman just use Enrage and giving totems the ability to attack + Windufy to another unit on the same turn xD
Mage can easily whipe out the whole board with spells like Flamestrike or hold them with Freezing spells.
Priests with a Northshine cleric can keep getting cards for almost the whole match with all their +Health Spells and Inner fire can be a game changer.
Hunter Secrets and traps can make it very hard target to reach and the Vulture combined with another traps and spells can get you more than 5 cards in one turn.

It all really depends on your main strategy or what class you are using, IMO

Wow I have to say the hunter deck is horrible I have yet to win a match using the hunter deck.  Building him up to level 10 is going to be a chore.

@Tasuki Yup, it was pretty hard level up the Hunter at the start without any Beast minions but then after finaly completing my deck it was pretty sweet, for now yeah it will be a pretty hard chore.

@Epic:  AH ok well that's a relief to find out it's not me then.  The other decks I was having some success leveling them up so I couldn't figure out if it was me or if the deck was that bad.  The main problem I am having is the fact that so many of the minion cards for Hunter cost so much mana.

OMG so addicted to this game now. Loving a new hunter rush deck I've made. Just started yesterday.

@sackinja Good to hear you are loving it so far, and it only gets better when you start getting the good cards and get enough or you finaly get money for the arena.
If you want to play someday just add me, my IGN on Hearthstone is "EpicZX"

Ok finally got the Hunter to level 10 now I think I am going to work on the rogue deck.

@Epic Probably going to get a 20 euro gamestop voucher from someone. I'll put some of that into battle net and buy some packs and an arena play or two. Still loving my hunter rush. Up to rank 19.

Do you guys use any sites for deck builds?

@Tasuki Nop, I just go for it and try to make it a bit decent xD

@Tasuki Made a basic hunter deck with a guide but quickly decided to make my own. My hunter rush was born. You guys spent any money on this game?

No, I won't during beta cause you won't be able to keep your cards when the game goes live.

Nop, I've never spent money on a F2P game and I won't start with this one, I think all the daily quests are enough to help you get those cards but only at a slower pace.

@Epic:  That's how I feel when the game goes live.  I probably wont be buying cards for that reason.

@Tasuki all cards earned from this point will be kept. The last wipe was a few weeks ago.